Description
NSD version 4.14.0 introduced a bug where a specially crafted APL RR, with an adflength larger than permitted for the address family will overwrite the stack when the zone is written to disk, with a maximum of 111 attacker controlled bytes.
Published: 2026-06-25
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

Vendor Solution

This issue is fixed starting with version 4.14.3.

Tracking

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8474-1 NSD vulnerabilities
History

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Nlnetlabs
Nlnetlabs nsd
Vendors & Products Nlnetlabs
Nlnetlabs nsd
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 25 Jun 2026 06:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description NSD version 4.14.0 introduced a bug where a specially crafted APL RR, with an adflength larger than permitted for the address family will overwrite the stack when the zone is written to disk, with a maximum of 111 attacker controlled bytes.
Title Out of bounds stack write with crafted APL RR
Weaknesses CWE-120
CWE-20
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: NLnet Labs

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-25T12:42:05.428Z

Reserved: 2026-06-15T06:47:44.761Z

Link: CVE-2026-12246

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-06-25T12:42:00.963Z

cve-icon NVD

No data.

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-06-25T13:15:03Z

Weaknesses